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Prime Minister Gordon Brown walks out of 10 Downing Street after his meeting with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in London June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

Brown readies for election with policy U-turns 

Reuters - Wednesday, July 1 08:35 pm

LONDON (Reuters) - The government on Wednesday made its second strategic U-turn in as many days in an apparent bid to clear the decks of divisive policies in the run-up to a national election. More »

  • A British soldier walks on the tarmac near an Iraqi Airways Boeing 737 plane, during the handover ceremony of Basra's international airport from British forces to the U.S. forces, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad March 31, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer

    Head of Iraq war inquiry backs some public hearings 

    Reuters - Monday, June 22 07:49 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - A large part of an inquiry into Britain's involvement in the Iraq war may now be held in public after the head of the inquiry backed open hearings. More »

  • A man who identified himself as Peter Moore speaks in this frame grab from a video released by Al Arabiya February 26, 2008. REUTERS/Al Arabiya via Reuters TV

    Brown urges Iraq hostage takers to release Britons 

    Reuters - Monday, June 22 06:11 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday urged those holding three British hostages captive in Iraq to release them immediately after the bodies of two other hostages were handed over by their kidnappers. More »

  • Pressure mounts for public Iraq inquiry

    Epolitix - Monday, June 22 02:12 pm

    Number 10 says no final decision has so far been taken on the extent to which the Iraq inquiry should be held in public. More »

  • Sir John Sawers named new MI6 chief 

    Reuters - Tuesday, June 16 01:27 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - The government named high-profile ambassador John Sawers Tuesday as the new head of its Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), also known as MI6, saying he was rejoining the espionage agency after years as a diplomat. More »

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